Another friend from my early broadcast days has died.Jim Elliott, an Engineer with Newcap, died of a heart attack this past Sunday. He had been in the business for over 50 years.Jim was born in Courtney, BC and moved to Red Deer where he went to school. He started his long and varied broadcasting career at CKRD in the 50’s, initially as a library assistant while in school and later on air. He moved to Lethbridge in the early 60’s and worked on air for both CHEC Radio and then moved across the street to CJOC.It was in the 70’s that Jim made the move to Edmonton and worked the drive show for CFRN and CJCA. Eventually, he moved into sales at CJCA and then over to ITV. In the mid 80’s, Jim went to work for Shaw Radio (now Corus) and moved back to Lethbridge to manage CHEC Radio and CKTA Taber. In the early 90’s he moved to Woodstock with Shaw and managed the Shaw station there.In the late 90’s, Jim moved west again with the OK group and was in sales in Kelowna and Fort St. John. It was in 2000 when he moved back to Edmonton and in 2004 joined Newcap in our engineering group.Jim was also a pilot and spent many years flying around the country side. His son Jamie is now a commercial pilot with Porter Air based out of Toronto. Both Tracy and Kerry are in the broadcast industry.Jim and I worked together both at CJOC and CJCA.Our sincere condolences to the Elliott family.

Mike Cleaver Broadcast ServicesEngineering, News, Voice work and ConsultingVancouver, BC, Canada54 years experience at some of Canada's Premier Broadcasting Stations

A Celebration of Jim's Life will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Foster and McGarvey Funeral Home located at Connelly-McKinley Sherwood Park-Mill Woods Funeral Home, 4820 Meridian Street, Edmonton. (Meridian Street can only be accessed heading SOUTH on Hwy 216/Hwy 14 (Anthony Henday) the access is 1 km south of the Sherwood Park Freeway on Hwy. 216).

Coincidentally, I just scanned Jim's funeral program a few days ago. Page 2 is watermarked with a great '70s picture of Jim that rivals any DJ pic of the era. The text also references his roles as the voice of Discount Jim's and his television experience playing J.P. Patches.

Campbell's CornerDistinctive Voices By Mark CampbellSubmitted to the Lethbridge JournalWeek of March 1, 2013

As I was growing up in Lethbridge and gettingready for school we always had the radio on.You’d hear a familiar voice and it was like thatperson became part of your family. You felt likeyou knew that person even though you didn’treally. The voice was a comfort. The voice wasyour source of information. The voice made youlaugh. For me, one of those distinctive voiceswho was an integral part of my everyday life wasJim Elliott. I remember him as the morning manof 1220 CJOC in the late 60s. He was also thevoice of stock car racing when they had a paved¼ mile track at the Exhibition. I can still hearhim saying, “It’s the main event folks.Here they come, bumper to bumper, side byside 2, 4, 6, 8. . . wow there’s 20 cars in this one.”He was highly entertaining and made it fun togo to the races on a Sunday night. Some of youmay also remember him playing a bum namedJ.P. Patches on CJLH TV. It was a kiddies show.I don’t remember a whole lot about it but forsome reason J.P. Patches is etched forever inmy mind. For me Jim Elliott was a superstar inthis town. He had moved away to Edmontonfor a period of time but returned to Lethbridgeto be the GM of what was then 1090 CHEC in1987. I had been in radio for a number of yearsand when my situation changed at LA FM, (Igot fired from the morning show - gee thathappens a lot) Jim called me. He wanted me tobe their morning guy. The man I consideredto be a legend and a hero actually called me. Itwas one of the best days of my life. You oftenhear stories of people meeting their heroes andbeing disappointed. Jim didn’t disappoint. Hewas larger than life and he made me feel goodabout myself at a time when I was at a very lowpoint in my life. To me he was one of the reallygood guys in the business. Jim passed away inEdmonton on February 17 at the age of 71. Thatvoice is silenced, but I know he will never beforgotten.

Hi everyone. Jim's son Jamie here. I recently looked up Discount Jim online and hit big. Someone in March posted not one, but four Discount Jim spots on YouTube. Thought that some of you would welcome to see him doing his thing again, I know I certainly miss the old guy. Here's a link to one of them, with the other three really easy to find. Hope you enjoy